Recaro seats?

Has anyone here thought about or already installed Recaro seats into their V? The factory black leather/suede seats in my '06 V weren't in that great of condition when I bought the car and only gotten worse. Was wondering rif anyone knew if these would fit and utilize factory frame and heat option.

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I'm planning to install Recaro Speed seats next week. Since stock seatbelts are mounted into the seat, I ordered Wesco retrofit 3-pt belts...hoping there are mounting points already in the B-pillar and if not will weld in mounting points. Will also try to move the heat/airbag sensors from the stock seat to Recaro. Finally, to close the loop for the driver/passenger airbag you have to put an inline resistor....I'm hoping to get one from airbagsystems.com next week.

Thanks to others who have provided a lot of info on this mod....I will post pics when this is done.

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Please post as many pics and technical details as possible. There have been a number of discussions about this, but the 3-point belts in particular have only been speculated about - I don't think I've ever seen any pics.

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Here are the Wesco 3 pt. belts I ordered which are designed to mount on a b-pillar. They are retractable and I think they will work just fine. The biggest issue is figuring out all the airbag and seatbelt sensors. Car goes into the shop next Tues and I'm hopeful we can figure it all out. I've also been talking to some companies that specialize in airbags.

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Attached is a picture of my recaro seat project in progress. The 3 point belts are mounted in the B-pillar and almost done...luckily the factory had a threaded point to mount the seat belt retractor and a plate will be mounted for the shoulder point. We are still working on the airbag and passenger pressure sensor but using the schematic we will work this out.